State v. Neisen

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “legislature does not intend an unreasonable result” and “if criminal liability, particularly gross misdemeanor or felony liability, is to be imposed for conduct unaccompanied by fault, the legislative intent to do so should be clear”
• requiring clear legislative intent for the court to determine an offense imposes strict criminal liability
• noting repeal of statutory good faith defense, but permitting vendor to prove it made careful investigation of buyer’s age and relied on identification evidence sufficient to convince prudent person the sale was legal

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Loge
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-03-02· cited 65×
• State v. Peck
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-10-22· cited 39×
• In Re Welfare of C.R.M.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-06-15· cited 37×
• State v. Ndikum
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-07-11· cited 32×
• State Ex Rel. Schaller v. County of Blue Earth
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-05-22· cited 14×
• State v. Garcia-Gutierrez
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-04-02· cited 14×
• State Ex. Rel. Wacouta Township v. Brunkow Hardwood Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1993-12-28· cited 11×
• Wagner v. Schwegmann's South Town Liquor, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1992-05-26· cited 9×
• State v. White
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1990-12-31· cited 9×
• State v. Wetsch
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-02-01· cited 8×
• Englund v. MN CA Partners/MN Joint Ventures
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1997-01-15· cited 5×
• State v. Rohan
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2013-07-22· cited 4×
• State v. Loge
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1999-03-30· cited 3×
• Claude v. Collins
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1993-12-27· cited 2×
• State v. Arkell
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2003-03-14· cited 1×
• R & V, Ltd. v. Iowa Department of Commerce, Alcoholic Beverages Division
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1991-04-02· cited 1×
• State v. Ndikum
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2011-08-15· cited 1×
• State of Minnesota v. Samuel James Lyons
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2023-10-23
• Joel Armen Underwood, III v. State of Minnesota
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2025-08-27

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• State v. Neisen
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1987-05-28· cited 1×

Other cases named State v. Neisen

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• State v. Neisen
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1987-05-28· cited 1×